Yesss! I’m not a complete failure. Managed to resist the urge to watch this video. So, despite the cold and the headache this was a good day! I still have some dignity. But I still couldn’t buy my favorite cookies. Damn it!

You beat me to it. But given the other replies, doesn’t the question then become which member of the citizenry filed the paperwork necessary in order to begin the bureaucratic chain of events which lead to our access to this moment?

Who the fuck asked them to release the footage? And why I am only about 50/50 confident it was not someone from Bieber’s camp.

You can thank the good attorneys for the Miami Herald, the Associated Press, CBS, and other media that chose to remain nameless for their eternal vigilance in filing the motions demanding all the videos be released under Florida’s public records law. It’s pretty broad, in that all evidence (including photos and videos) became public record once they’re given to the defense. Hours of surveillance footage of Bieber in police custody being frisked, etc. have already been released, but this footage had to be approved by a judge and redacted by the Miami-Dade PD in order to comply with your right to…uh…full disclosure and public access to evidence in court cases.

Look, let’s just be grateful they didn’t release the Zimmerman tapes, OK?